S.I. No. 23/1978:

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1978.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1978.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Education, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 6 (4) of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947 (No. 1 of 1947), as amended by section 5 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1962 (No. 28 of 1962), hereby make the following Rules:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Vocational Education Committees (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1978.

2. These Rules shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1977.

3. In these Rules "The Rules of 1976" means the Vocational Education Committees (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1976 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1976 ).

4. The Vocational Education Committees (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1963 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1963 ), are hereby amended by:--

( a ) the substitution in Rule 3(a) for "three pounds" (inserted by the Rules of 1976) of "three pounds seventy-five new pence",

( b ) the substitution in Rule 3(b) for "four pounds thirty new pence" (inserted by the Rules of 1976) of "five pounds forty new pence", and

( c ) the substitution in Rule 4 for "four pounds fifty new pence" (inserted by the Rules of 1976) of "five pounds sixty-five new pence",

and the said Rules 3 and 4 as so amended are set out in the Table to this Rule.

TABLE.

Rule 3. The amount of an allowance payable under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1947 by a county committee to a member of the county committee or of an approved sub-committee of the county committee shall be:--

( a ) three pounds seventy-five new pence in the case of a continuous period of not less than three hours but less than seven hours;

( b ) five pounds forty new pence in the case of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

Rule 4. Where a resolution under clause (ii) of paragraph (d) (inserted by section 5 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1962 (No. 28 of 1962)) of subsection 4 of section 6 of the Act of 1947 is in force in relation to a county committee or an approved sub-committee of the county committee, the amount of the allowance which the county committee shall pay to a member of the county committee or approved sub-committee who:--

( a ) attended a meeting of the county committee or approved sub-committee at a place less than five miles by any route from his residence, and

( b ) was obliged by reason of such attendance to remain away from his home for a continuous period of not less than three hours,

shall be an amount not exceeding five pounds sixty-five new pence.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of February, 1978.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Minister for Education.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Rules govern the payment of allowances to members of county vocational education committees and of approved sub-committees of such county committees in respect of their attendance at meetings of the county committees or approved sub-committees.